HOW I MADE MY PEACE WITH BORDEAUX

Filmmaker Sonia Gonzalez grew up in provincial Bordeaux. Motivated by a broken heart and the arrogance of her almost twenty years, she decided that she could never live in Bordeaux and moved to Paris, Germany, New York…
Today, 20 years on, Bordeaux has changed…and so has Sonia. What if it were time for her to make up with the city and return home?

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Like many young Europeans, French filmmaker Sonia Gonzalez built her career in different countries and cities. But she returns to the city where she was born, she reflects…
“I was convinced that, in order to become an adult, one had to leave home...
2017: The neighbourhood of my childhood, Caudéran, still seems the same. The city centre of Bordeaux, on the other hand, has become an Eldorado for Parisians in search of a better quality of life. But could there be more to it?
As many of my friends return home to Boredeaux to begin a new chapter of their lives, I am observing their enthusiasm, their illusions and disappointments, their difficulties too and I wonder. What if...